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Product Description

From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination. "To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). It's a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again.~~(c) 2001 Nibariki -- GNDDTM

Additional Features

The most interesting extra feature on the two-disc set is the Nippon Television Special on the making of Spirited Away, not because it's significantly different from American making-of programs, but because the camera crew was allowed to film Miyazaki at work. It's fascinating to watch the visionary director explaining how individual movements should be animated, and even performing the little dance the frog-master does to welcome the No-Face to Yubaba's bath house. (Old animators describe Walt Disney giving similar performances, but no comparable footage exists.) It's also striking to see how intimate Studio Ghibli is, unencumbered by the tiers of management that burden American studios. The scene comparisons enable the viewer to study the storyboards for the film, which Miyazaki draws himself. These simple yet wonderfully vivid images capture the essence of a mood, a movement, an expression. "Behind the Microphone" offers a fairly standard behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the excellent English version of Spirited Away. --Charles Solomon

Special features

SPIRITED AWAY Introduction -- Academy Award(R)-Winning Director And Miyazaki Admirer John Lasseter (Special Achievement Award, 1995) Introduces The Film.|Behind The Microphone -- Go Behind The Scenes Of The English-Language Version With The Voice Cast, Including Suzanne Pleshette and Jason Mardsen.|The Art Of SPIRITED AWAY -- See Why Hayao Miyazaki Is Renowned By Filmmakers The World Over As One Of The Premiere Animators In Motion Picture History, And How His Masterpiece Was Translated For English-Speaking Audiences.|The Nippon Television Special -- View This Japanese Television Special To Get An Insider's Peek Into Studio Ghibli During The Creation Of SPIRITED AWAY (in Japanese With English Subtitles).|Select Storyboard-To-Scene Comparison -- Using The Angle Button On Your Remote Control, Witness Miyazaki's Creative Process As You Switch Between Selections Of His Original Storyboards And The Final Animated Scenes, Complete With Japanese And English Language Tracks.

Top customer reviews

I love Miyazaki's films, and Spirited Away is wonderful. It's quite an adventure for a young pre-teen girl, Chihiro, who has been trapped within the spirit world in Japan. Her parents have been imprisoned and may even be eaten by the spirits, but Chihiro gathers great courage and saves them.

I love that we delve into the legendary spirit world of Japanese folklore. This movie, with its wonderful animation, takes you, along with Chihiro, into a mystical adventure. I highly recommend.

I love Miyazaki and was really disappointed to see that this Blu-Ray was not being sold in the US yet.

Amazon to the rescue!

I put in my order and it didn't take as long as the Japanese seller reported that it would take. The packaging is really really nice and the disk is of really high quality. It took a minute to figure the main menu out since it's all in Japanese (expected this honestly).

I love this film and I have loved it since it came out. Watched this film every time I had the opportunity. It is by far my favorite film of any other I have ever watched. This being said I know ever single scene in this movie like the back of my hand and upon watching this dvd I noticed that a very important scene was cut short. I have never seen this scene cut from the film in any of my viewings and was very upset to see such an important scene lost. The scene is where Haku is in the boiler room as a dragon and Sen gives him part of the river spirit medicine and he spits out the gold seal. Without this scene we have no idea why Sen is then seen afterwards going to Zeniba's home. Not sure why this scene is missing but I was very heart broken..

This is one of my favourite Hayao Miyazaki movies. Really, quite the classic! The artwork is always enchanting and otherworldly, drawing one into this alternate, spectacular reality.The setting begins in an abandoned-looking town, where a little girl and her two parents move in.. but it is quickly discovered that the town is not empty, but yet, not filled with life either.The town is inhabited by spirits and through a series of lessons and adventures, the girl must quietly assimilate into the culture, when her parents are transformed into swine.This movie is a beauty. 5 stars, for sure

A work of genius, whether or not you're a fan of anime. I was inspired me to visit the bathhouse that's the model for the one if the film--yes, it really exists--Dogo Onsen, in Matsuyama. Although not enchanted, the hot spring that feeds the baths is every bit as good as its reputation, a true cure-all. I have Miyazaki to thank for introducing me to it.

Simply put, this is my favorite movie.It's about growth and triumph and so many other important things. The world is magical, beautiful, sometimes cruel, but overall, fantastic and as always with Miyazaki, incredibly well done.Definitely not for everyone, and I get that.Some, smaller children might find it a bit too scary/creepy to watch.

I love Spirited Away. This is the anime film that got me into anime. The one that made me into a heavy hitting anime fan. I would say this edition is really perfect since it comes in a very compact release and your getting intros into Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. Also a behind the scenes looks into the making of called The Art of Spirited Away.

Amazon.com, good job, keep up these 19.99 prices for Studio Ghibli anime films and the fans will buy more. These films usually appeal to many.

This is an amazing story of a young, 10 year-old, girl that has a sort of Alice in Wonderland journey into the world of spirits. Her family accidentally stumbles upon a portal into a different dimension that appears to be just a run down amusement park, but is far more. The parents unintentionally offends the proprietor, who is a witch, who turns them into pigs. The young girl, Chihiro, spends the remainder of the movie trying to find a way to rescue her parents. This starts her on a journey, an experience which will change her forever. It is great that it is told from a Japanese perspective incorporating Japanese modern culture (thoughts and beliefs) without a reinterpretation by the American presenting studio. I always dislike how American studios reinterpret the names of characters, the wording of how the story is told, almost to the point where the story becomes completely different from what the original storyline was all about. Well, this time the story, characters, and plot was kept in tact as originally presented in Japan, except the movie title. But the movie title that was used in this country is okay. I loved this movie when I first saw it. I bought it and watch it again and again. I would highly recommend this to movie viewers of all ages.